As we all know the issue of Patidars’ protests, it has transformed to the national issue which is slowly changing the minds of the people. Thus there has been big fight between the Police and the protesters in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. We have even seen few people were killed in the clash between the Police and the protesters. For this, the people in Gujarat are in a high temper mode with unstoppable anger inside. But police were seen doing the duty of damaging the public property.

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This is some kind of shameful incident on the Police part. Police are the people whose duty is to help, serve the people from the problems and controlling the law and order. But here are few CCTV videos which are inserted in front of few houses in the city. The footages shows that policemen vandalising cars and bikes and other public property. Thus Gujarat High Court on Thursday ordered the police commissioner to conduct a probe and submit a report within two weeks into allegations that policemen opened fire in air and damaged property to create terror during Patel community quota stir.

“CCTV footage shows the police is involved in damaging private property, if police does so, what is the difference between rioters and protectors,” asked by the High Court. It was hearing a plea filed by a city-based lawyer Virat Popat and his colleague Tirth Dave, who alleged that around 40 police personnel entered their housing society and started vandalising vehicles on August 25. The petitioners’ also submitted the CCTV footage of the incident to the court. During the arguments in the case, the court asked the state authorities “why action was not taken against the responsible cops”.

“What message it gives to people? Top authorities (of the state government) should take it very seriously so that public confidence can be restored in police,” the High Court observed. The High Court also issued notice to the state government, home department, Director General of Police, the city Police commissioner and officer in-charge of Sola police station, under whose jurisdiction the alleged violence by police personnel took place. The alleged incident occurred on a day when violence and incidents of arson broke out in the city following detention of Patel agitation leader Hardik Patel on Tuesday.

“An atmosphere of terror was created as police fired four rounds in air as well as lobbed teargas shells in the private society without any reason,” said the petitioners in the plea demanding that action should be taken against the personnel involved in the violence. “Shots were fired in the premises of society, teargases were also lobbed in the premises of society ostensibly under the garb of preventing violence,” said petitioners. “For no reason such an act could have been done by police officers who had entered the society without due authority of law.

The incident narrates sheer abuse of power by the police flouting all settled norms,” the plea said while seeking appropriate directions from the High Court and also compensation for damage to their property. The petitioners have also demanded that an FIR be registered against the police men and urged that the matter should be investigated by an independent agency. The plea is posted for hearing after two weeks.